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APPLEGATE MSS.

The Applegate mss., 1863-1929, consist mainly of
correspondence between John S. Applegate, 1823-1867, and his
wife Elizabeth S. (Lynch) Applegate, 1823-1890, during the
Civil War, and letters from Elizabeth S. Applegate to their
daughter Alma Etta (Applegate) White, b.1855. Each of John
Applegate's letters is accompanied by a typed transcription,
and an index listing date and place of writing precedes the
file itself.

John Applegate of Greencastle, Indiana, mustered into the
71st Indiana Infantry regiment, Company C, as a corporal,
August 18, 1862. The regiment was re-organized in February 1863
to the 6th Cavalry Battalion and Applegate then served in
Company F. He was imprisoned at Andersonville sometime in 1864
until April 1865. Applegate mustered out as a First Lieutenant
on September 15, 1865 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. At the time
of his death in November 1867 he was sheriff for Putnam County,
Indiana. John and Elizabeth Lynch were married in July 1846 and
had four children but the only child to survive him was the
youngest, Alma Etta Applegate.

Other correspondents in the collection include historian
Jesse William Weik, 1857-1930, of Greencastle, Indiana, who was
acting in a legal capacity for Elizabeth Applegate and various
family members, particularly those of Alma's husband, the Rev.
Joseph Sigel White, 1854-1936. Other documents include: a
chronology of John and Elizabeth Applegate and their children;
some receipts and real estate documents; a photograph of Alma
Applegate and her husband the Rev. J. S. White; and a newspaper
copy of Alma White's obituary, unfortunately
undated.

The correspondence is arranged chronologically. The
remaining materials are filed under the following headings:
biographical, finances, miscellaneous, photographs, and printed
(newspaper clippings).

Purchase. Charles Apfelbaum. Watchung, NJ
2000

Collection size: 225 items

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